Rail Engineer – July 2019

E

very two years, the Construction Equipment

Association organises a big plant show

• Plantworx. And it is big - the likes of
  Caterpillar, JCB, Doosan, Volvo and Komatsu
  spend weeks building their stands, to show their
  equipment in the best possible light and, above all,
  to show it working.

For 2019, two things were new. One was the location

• the show moved to the East of England Arena at
  Peterborough for the first time.
  Secondly, due to the amount of rail construction that
  has been going on recently, and with more to come in
  the shape of HS2 and Crossrail 2, to name just a couple
  of projects, the decision was taken to add a Railworx
  section to the show. Here, rail suppliers would be able
  to show off both plant and equipment.
  So, Rail Media was tasked with arranging for the key
  players in rail to come along and join in the show. Some
  50 exhibitors, from all areas of the industry, accepted
  the challenge and came to Peterborough.

First among equals

Chief among them was Network Rail itself. The

Signalling Innovation Group took a stand to show off

some of its latest ideas, and Hitachi Information Control

Systems Europe took the stand next door.

In contrast, Genwork chose Railworx to launch

its brand new Klik-Lok range of purpose-designed

environmental noise barrier solutions, specifically aimed

at infrastructure projects involving road and rail where

noise reduction is of critical importance. A series of

panels lock together in a vertical frame, with the frame

giving good vertical stability and the locking action

reducing the assembly time and removing the need for

heavy plant.

A little water

never hurt

anyone...

PLANTWORX & RAILWORX

A SUCCESS DESPITE THE

SUMMER WEATHER

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NIGEL

WORDSWORTH

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